She had decided she was going to tell Lucas. I mean that’s what a good friend would do and that’s what they’d decided on being… good friends… so she had to tell him.
On her way out the house she asked Rachel if she wanted her to get her anything from school because Rachel was too hung-over to go in. Instead, Rachel was slumped over the kitchen counter with some disgusting looking concoction Rachel had made to cure her hangover.
“Hey wait up Brooke” Rachel slurred indicating she was probably still a little drunk. “Try some”
Brooke stepped away from the glass. “No thanks you can have it. Go on drink up the glass is half empty, you’re nearly finished”
“Tut tut tut” said Rachel as she walked over to the couch. “You should never say the glass is half empty it should always be half full. Optimism Davis that’s what you need, otherwise you’ll have a bad day.” Brooke rolled her eyes in response to what Rachel had just barely managed to say and left for school.
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On her way out the house she asked Rachel if she wanted her to get her anything from school because Rachel was too hung-over to go in. Instead, Rachel was slumped over the kitchen counter with some disgusting looking concoction Rachel had made to cure her hangover.
“Hey wait up Brooke” Rachel slurred indicating she was probably still a little drunk. “Try some”
Brooke stepped away from the glass. “No thanks you can have it. Go on drink up the glass is half empty, you’re nearly finished”
“Tut tut tut” said Rachel as she walked over to the couch. “You should never say the glass is half empty it should always be half full. Optimism Davis that’s what you need, otherwise you’ll have a bad day.” Brooke rolled her eyes in response to what Rachel had just barely managed to say and left for school.
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At break Brooke went to her locker preparing herself for how she was going to tell Lucas. She had thought about it all last night Lucas we need to talk, I have something to tell you, I wish I didn’t have to but…
“Hey Brooke, I’ve been looking all over for you.” Her thoughts were cut off by Mouth. She had been doing so well, avoiding him all day.
“Get out of my way Mouth, I’m going to tell Lucas” She began to walk at her regular fast pace.
Mouth was practically sprinting to keep up. “Brooke, please don’t do this. I’m your friend and I came to you with a problem and asked you to keep it a secret. You can’t betray me like that”
Brooke turned to face Mouth stopping him in his tracks “What about how I’ll be betraying Lucas if I don’t tell him”
“Brooke please, I trusted you, I came to you instead of anyone else. Don’t you think I want to tell Lucas? Don’t you think I want to let him know the truth but I know it’s not the way he should find out. Dan should tell him” By now Brooke and Mouth were completely absorbed in their own conversation forgetting the fact that they were in the middle of the hall.
Brooke continued “But I have to speak to Lucas, don’t you….”
Lucas appeared, right in time. “Speak to me about what Brooke?” Brooke and Mouth froze.
Maybe they were hearing things. They hoped they were hearing things, otherwise this was bad. Brooke turned around.
Nope, she wasn’t hearing things, Lucas was actually there. “Lucas” Brooke smiled and reached up giving him a hug.
He looked confused by the fact that she had just hugged him more than anything else and so was she. She quickly stopped and smiled again.
“So…” Lucas continued. Brooke looked from Lucas to Mouth and from Mouth to Lucas. Mouths eyes screamed at Brooke not to say anything and Lucas, well Lucas was just Lucas with his beautiful blue eyes that made Brooke just melt inside and his smile, that gorgeous smi…. SNAP OUT OF IT!! She thought to herself. She had to tell him. “Lucas we need to talk…”
“Brooke” both Mouth and Lucas said at the same time even though both had different tones.
“I have something i…” Brooke was interrupted by Peyton. Who came up around them, going straight to Lucas and planting a quick kiss on his lips.
Brooke’s face dropped. She didn’t notice how obvious she had been till Mouth nudged her.
“You were saying..” asked Lucas a little uncomfortable about the situation. I’m mean sure he was with Peyton and Brooke knew that, and they had decided to be friends, it just still felt really awkward.
“Erm, I..erm…I was..erm” Her mind had gone totally blank and she was starting to get really embarrassed.
“She wanted to make sure you were okay Luke” said Mouth saving Brooke from what felt like an hour of ‘erm’s and ‘I’s.
“He’s fine” said Peyton stroking Lucas’s arm and leaning into him. Lucas smiled at Peyton then to Brooke and even though he wasn’t quite convinced that’s what Brooke was going to tell him, he felt really uncomfortable about the situation and was eager to go. “I’ll catch you up later” he said to everyone.
“Don’t forget this..” said Peyton kissing him again.
Brooke didn’t wait to see her do it again; instead she turned around and walked off. Mouth followed. “So that’s a deal” he said.
“What?” Brooke asked slightly confused by everything
“I’ll keep your secret and you keep mine”
“What secret?”
“That you’re still into Lucas” Brooke just stared at Mouth not knowing what to say. She wanted to tell him, he was wrong but for some reason she didn’t.
The bell rang and Mouth waved goodbye to Brooke as he headed for class. And just like that she was left there standing alone in the hall with what had turned out to be a bad day.
Rachel was right. She thought to herself. I should have said the glass was half full…… of crap!
End Notes: Okay, so this chapter had some leyton in it and my apologies to all those who avidly hate them, don't worry your time with brucas will come.
